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The Jackson Five: Jackson College employees get the pink slip, air traffic control tower not closing Oct. 1

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The fate of the air traffic control tower at the Jackson County Airport remains unknown. It was headed for a shutdown Oct. 1 as the Federal Aviation Administration threatened to cut funding for contract towers Sept. 30. With just days before the originally anticipated closure, airport officials have not received a shutdown notice.

It was headed for a shutdown Oct. 1 as the Federal Aviation Administration threatened to cut funding for contract towers Sept. 30. With just days before the originally anticipated closure, airport officials have not received a shutdown notice.

HIRED: Jackson officials recently voted to pay an outside engineering firm nearly $30,000 to prepare a water tank for renovations.

LOOKING AHEAD: Jackson City Council is set to meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, on the second floor of City Hall, 161 W. Michigan Ave. in Jackson.

Jackson County’s K-12 public schools will join others in Michigan in reporting this fall’s enrollment during the state’s annual count day on Wednesday, Oct. 2. We’ll have a report on who’s gained, stayed the same or lost students in the last year.